The Right Way To Come Up With Topics On Your Radio Programs

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Working with a station like Human Rights Radio & Television Talk Magazine Station allow you to explore many opportunities and enjoy privilege as if you are running your own radio station, which gives you the opportunity and freedom to create content that you want to make and broadcast.

However, this can be a daunting task as there are so many options and possibilities. In this blog post, we’ll give you some tips and tricks on how to choose talk radio topics for your shows and create engaging content for your station.

If You Follow Me As I Show You Few Tips On The Right Way To Come Up With Topics On Your Radio Programs

Themes, Goals, & Suitability

While many radio stations are flexible in terms of structure
and topics covered, in general, most have predefined themes or goals so they
always stay on point.

For example, you could run a breakfast talk show focusing on
world news which would appeal to a broad audience – Alternatively you could run
a show on local news, which would be for a defined audience. Shows can be as
broad or as specific as you want as long as there’s an overall theme or goal.

Topics you could choose to talk about could be anything from
news and current events; educational topics like history or science; political
commentary; sports; advice; music; satire; and much more. Set targets to work
with so your shows have purpose and direction.

Although the themes, goals, and topics that you choose could come from a wide array of subjects or interests, make sure that these make sense in the context of your show or station. Having a discussion about the latest political news in between playing the latest chart hits may not provide the correct tone for your radio show.

Make sure that the topics you choose relate to your other content and the overall tone of your station. It’s all well and good building shows around topics, but you need to know your audience first before you can really get down to the hard work of actually writing your content.

Get To Know Your Listeners

We’ve all been there when someone starts talking about a
topic we don’t really know or even care about. Immediately we disengage, that’s
why before you do anything else it’s important to really understand your
audience.

Knowing your listeners is the easiest way to guarantee that
you pick topics that they can relate to, so how do you really get to know them?

The best place to start is research, so try:

Analytics: Human Rights Radio & Television has built-in stats so you can find out the important things like listener locations, devices connected, and much more.

Social Media: Use Facebook groups and Twitter lists to gather info about your audience and what they’re currently talking about.

Knowing your listenership is vital in choosing topics for your radio shows. By understanding who listens to you and your show, you can carve a niche or market for your station. This, in turn, could result in gaining more listeners as we explain in more to come blog post about gaining more listeners.

Trending Topics

Often the best way to pick a subject is to look at current events by checking newspaper headlines or trending topics on the web. You can easily track what’s going on in the world using Google news alerts or by following news agencies on Twitter, to name just a few.

Whatever trending topics you choose, be sure they’re
relevant and on point with your station’s output – For example, if you’re a
rock station talking about the latest pop hits then that might be the best fit.
Talking about a Presidential election in between pop hits may be out of
character, compared to the latest celebrity news for example.

The internet is a powerful tool for sourcing content, but it
is important to filter out the irrelevant stuff that doesn’t add to your show
or station’s output.

Guests

Having a fresh perspective on things can really shake up your shows, that’s why guests are a good way of encouraging discussion and debate amongst your listeners.

If you are following us @ Human Rights Radio & Television, you will agree with me that we are #1 in bringing in new people on board to freshen up our shows.

Whether it is interviews with guests or phone-ins with
listeners, other points of views provide interesting avenues of conversation
which actually make it easier as you only need to present a loose topic and
then respond with follow up questions.

It’s also super simple to take live callers on air as you
can use software like Skype or your phone to record audio, as shown below.

Guests, whether they are celebrities or experts on the topic
you’re talking about, can add real credibility and authority to your station.
For example, no matter what genre your station is devoted to, interviewing well
known or even local bands, artists, or experts will drive traffic to your
station.

Celebrity star power or the addition of experts like this
has such a big influence on listeners and opens up loads of talking points as
they have a wealth of knowledge and experience to discuss.

Whatever topics you decide to choose, keep in mind your
audience and what they want. Hopefully, this has given you some food for
thought and good starting points on the road to creating some awesome radio
shows!

What to Do With All These Topics & Content

Once you have assembled all your topics for your radio show,
it’s a great idea to plan them out.

One of the most tried and tested ways to do this is to
create a show clock. It’s essentially a pie chart with all the elements of your
show mapped out hour by hour. You can break down the chart to have news at the
top of the hour; songs throughout and what features you want to broadcast at
specific times.

By organising your topics and content with a show clock, you
can give your show a rigid structure that helps you sound more professional.
Styles of radio differ greatly: some people like to prepare and some like to
improvise. However, a show clock is a great way to disciplining your output and
making your content more engaging for your listener.

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